Lodi police make arrest in carjacking of Craigslist seller

Wednesday

Oct 2, 2013 at 12:01 AMOct 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM

A 51-year-old Sacramento man was taken into custody Tuesday and booked into jail in Lodi on suspicion of carjacking, kidnapping and conspiracy in an incident that began as a vehicle sale listed on craigslist.org.

The Record

A 51-year-old Sacramento man was taken into custody Tuesday and booked into jail in Lodi on suspicion of carjacking, kidnapping and conspiracy in an incident that began as a vehicle sale listed on craigslist.org.

Lodi police said that on Sept. 2, a Lodi resident was expecting to meet with a couple who were interested in purchasing a vehicle he had listed for sale on craigslist.

The couple arrived at the man's Lodi home and asked to take the vehicle on a test drive. He accompanied the couple and eventually asked them to take him back to his home. They refused, and he said one of them pulled a gun on him.

He was dropped off near Galt and told police the couple fled with his car.

On Tuesday, 51-year-old Richard Harvey of Sacramento was taken into custody in connection with the incident, police reported.